Democracy Dies in Darkness

Did the 15 richest Americans gain as much wealth as the bottom 100 million?

Sen. Bernie Sanders (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images)

“Is the economy rigged?  Well, the fifteen richest Americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom one hundred million people combined.”

—Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), remarks in a television advertisement

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